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Gujarat’s Ports: World’s Gateway to India


Gujarat’s Ports: World’s Gateway to India

EARLIER, GUJARAT WAS THE GATEWAY TO THE GLOBE FROM INDIA. NOW IT IS BECOMING THE GLOBAL GATEWAY TO INDIA: SHRI MODI AT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED VIBRANT GUJARAT GLOBAL SUMMIT

WE HAVE LAUNCHED AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME FOR ALL ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COASTAL BELTS. ALONG WITH THIS, WE ARE SETTING UP NEW PORT CITIES IN COASTAL LOCATIONS. INVESTMENTS IN WORLD-CLASS RAIL-ROAD-PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE LINKING THE COASTLINE HAVE HELPED GUJARAT’S PORTS DOMINATE INDIA’S MARITIME SCENARIO: SHRI MODI

GUJARAT’S PORTS ACCOUNT FOR 26% OF TOTAL NATIONAL CARGO AND 72% OF CARGO HANDLED BY PORTS UNDER STATE GOVERNMENTS OF INDIA. IF THE KANDLA PORT IS ALSO INCLUDED, GUJARAT HANDLES 35% OF THE NATIONAL CARGO

At the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, Shri Narendra Modi emphasized upon Gujarat’s growing importance in the world. He said, “Earlier, Gujarat was the gateway to the Globe from India. Now it is becoming the Global gateway to India.”  This is certainly true metaphorically, because of Gujarat’s engagements with the world in the fields of Industry, Education and Technology, it is also true literally, since today, Gujarat’s ports account for 26% of total national cargo and 72% of cargo handled by ports under State Governments of India. If the Kandla port is included, Gujarat handles 35% of the national cargo.
This has been possible because of Shri Narendra Modi’s vision, leadership and his focus on the holistic development of the entire coastal region. Gujarat has a coastline of 1600 Km, which is the largest among any state in India. Because of the neglect of previous governments; the coastal areas were severely underdeveloped.  After 2001, the Government decided to convert the crisis into an opportunity by developing a ‘New Gujarat...

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